>>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH YOUR PERSONAL
ATTACKS ON THE SPEAKER?
YOU’RE SAYING --
>> EXCUSE ME.
THIS SHOWS HOW FAKE YOU AND THE
NEWS ARE.
NEWS ARE. WHEN YOU SAY -- WHEN YOU SAY A
PERSONAL ATTACK -- DID YOU HEAR
WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT ME LONG
BEFORE I WENT AFTER HER?
DID YOU HEAR?
SHE MADE HORRIBLE STATEMENTS.
SHE KNOWS THEY’RE NOT TRUE.
SHE MADE -- SHE SAID TERRIBLE
THINGS.
THINGS. SO I JUST RESPONDED IN KIND.
LOOK, YOU THINK NANCY’S THE SAME
AS SHE WAS?
SHE’S NOT.
SHE’S NOT. >> WOW.
>> WOW. LISTEN TO THAT LAST SENTENCE,
"YOU THINK NANCY’S THE SAME AS
SHE WAS, SHE’S NOT."
THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE
WHITE HOUSE ABOUT HIS RECENT
ATTACKS ON HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI.
PELOSI. FOR NEARLY ALL OF HIS TERM,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN
UNCHARACLY HESITANT --
UNCHARACTERISTICALLY HESITANT TO
GO AFTER THE SPEAKER.
THAT CHANGED THURSDAY AS THE
HOUSE INVESTIGATION OF HIS
FINANCES MOUNTED.
FINANCES MOUNTED. AS DUBBING HER "CRAZE NANCY," HE
TWEETED A FOX BUSINESS VIDEO
THAT PUT TOGETHER MOMENTS WHEN
SHE HESITATED OR SEARCHED FOR
THE RIGHT WORD IN HER PRESS
CONFERENCE EARLIER THAT DAY.
WE’RE GOING TO PLAY THAT VIDEO
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN
WITH THE FULL CONTEXT OF HER
REMARKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN TO SHOW YOU HOW THE
CLIP WAS EDITED.
WATCH THIS.
WATCH THIS. >> WE HAD A LITTLE -- ATSDS
LONGERLONG
LONGERLONG ER
ER LITTLE LONGER ON THE FLOOR.
SORRY FOR THE DELAY, WE HAD A
LITTLE -- LONGER ON THE FLOOR
THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED.
CUSTODY -- CUSTODY OF THE BORDER
-- OF THE BORDER.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN
THE TEN YEARS BEFORE THIS, NOT A
SINGLE CHILD DIED IN THE CUSTODY
-- IN THE CUSTODY OF THE BORDER
PATROL AT THE BORDER.
EVERYONE -- STARTED MAKING --
SENDING SIGNALS.
SENDING SIGNALS. THE PLAN WAS AS WE AGREED AT THE
MEETINGS A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO PRESENT HIS
PROPOSALS AT YESTERDAY’S
MEETING.
MEETING. WELL, EVERYONE -- IT STARTED
MAKING -- SENDING SIGNALS THAT
HE MAY NOT BE -- HE MIGHT NOT BE
READY OR INTERESTED.
>> IF YOU FIND THAT CONCERNING,
HERE’S SOMETHING YET MORE
WORRIEDSOME.
WORRIEDSOME. A VIDEO OF THE SPEAKER SLOWED
DOWN TO MAKE HER SOUND
EINEBRIATED.
EINEBRIATED. LATE-NIGHT SHOWS OFTEN DO THIS
FOR A FUNNY DRUNK EFFECT BUT
MAKE IT SURE THEY EDITED THE
CLIPS.
CLIPS. THIS PURPORTS TO BE AUTHENTIC.
BUT AGAIN, WATCH CAREFULLY.
WE PUT IT SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE
REAL VIDEO.
REAL VIDEO. >> WE WANT TO GIVE THIS
PRESIDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
SOMETHING HISTORIC FOR OUR
COUNTRY. MPT.
COUNTRY. MPT. WE WANT TO GIVE THIS PRESIDENT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
HISTORIC FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> WANT TO BRING IN NBC NEWS
REPORTER BEN COLLINS.
BEN, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF HAVE TO
ASK YOU THIS QUESTION -- EVERY
TIME WE TALK ABOUT ONE OF THESE
THINGS -- HOW DO THEY CIRCULATE
AND PICK UP TRACTION DESPITE THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE START TO
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE
ALTERED OR NOT A GOOD REFLECTION
OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
>> YES, ON FACEBOOK, THERE’S
THIS HYPER PARTISAN REALITY THAT
WE KNOW ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, THIS STARTED ON A
HYPER PARTISAN FAR-RIGHT
FACEBOOK PAGE.
FACEBOOK PAGE. IT HAS MILLIONS OF VIEWS ON
THERE.
THERE. UNTIL NOW.
UNTIL NOW. FACEBOOK SAYS THEY’RE GOING TO
START EFFECTIVELY JUST DEREGING
IT A BIT.
IT A BIT. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BAN IT
OUTRIGHT, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE
HARDER TO FIND ON THOSE PAGES.
>> THEY’RE CALLING IT DEMOTING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I HADN’T HEARD THAT UNTIL I
HEARD YOU REPORT IT.
>> THEY MAKE IT HARDER FOR
PEOPLE TO STUMBLE UPON THIS
STUFF.
STUFF. YOU HAVE A NEWS FEED WITH A
BUNCH OF STUFF.
IT’S GOING TO POPULATE LESS IN
THAT SPACE.
THAT SPACE. YOU STILL CAN FIND IT IF YOU
SEEK IT OUT ON FACEBOOK, BUT
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO
FIND NOW.
FIND NOW. THAT’S THE THING.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
CALLED A CHEAP FAKE.
THERE ARE DEEP FAKES, ELABORATE
CONTRAPTIONS OF LIKE VIDEOS
USING A.I. --
>> COMPLETELY INVENTING WHAT
SOMEBODY SAYS.
SOMEBODY SAYS. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THIS CAN BE DONE ON A PHONE OR
ON iMOVIE OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
THAT. THEY’RE SLOWING DOWN VIDEO A
TINY, TINY BIT.
THIS CAN BE DONE BY THE GENERAL
POPULUS.
POPULUS. THAT’S REALLY THE SCARY PART OF
2020, RIGHT.
2020, RIGHT. YOU CAN DO THIS -- IF YOU HAVE
THIS ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT
YOU WITH JUST LIKE A TINY BIT OF
TECHNICAL SKILL.
TECHNICAL SKILL. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THEN THIS CAN BE DONE EN
MASSE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE PRESIDENT WILL PICK THE ONE
HE LIKES BEST.
>> HOW PREVALENT ARE THE
APPEARANCE OF THESE TYPE OF
THINGS, OR ARE THEY BECOMING
ACROSS THE INTERNET, THE AVERAGE
PERSON’S INTERNET EXPERIENCE?
>> OH, EXTREMELY PREVALENT.
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
NOW AND 2016 IS WE’RE PAYING
ATTENTION MORE.
ATTENTION MORE. IN 2016 THERE WAS A VIDEO OF --
ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON HAVING ALL
THESE DISEASES AND ALL OF THESE
THINGS.
THINGS. THAT’S STILL UP ON YOUTUBE.
IT’S AN INFO. WARS VIDEO.
STILL UP, SEVEN MILLION VIEWS
ABOUT HOW SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIE
FROM DISEASES.
FROM DISEASES. THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO.
SHE’S STILL KICKING.
SO THIS IS -- THIS IS A THING
THAT’S BEING AROUND ON THE
CIVILIAN INTERNET FOREVER.
WE’RE NOW STARTING TO QUANTIFY
IT AND SEE BECAUSE OUR POLITICS
IS SO TAKEN OVER BY IT, WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE WHERE THE STUFF
COMES FROM, AND WE’RE STARTING
TO GET SORT OF -- SORT OF LIKE
SOME LANGUAGE AROUND IT.
LIKE AN ENTOMOLOGY OF IT.
>> WHY WON’T FACEBOOK TAKE IT
OFF IF THEY KNOW IT’S ALTERED?
>> IT’S CONFUSING FOR THEM.
THEY WANT TO PROTECT PARITY,
THEY WANT TO PROTECT SPEECH,
THEY SAY, RIGHT.
AND THEY DON’T WANT TO GET IN
THE BUSINESS OF TAKING DOWN ALL
OF THESE VIDEOS SPECIFICALLY
BECAUSE THEN THEY TAKE DOWN A
LOT OF CONTENT.
SO THEY SAY EVERY TIME WE’RE
GOING TO FACE ONE OF THESE,
WE’RE GOING TO PUT IT IN FRONT
OF FACT-CHECKERS WHO CAN SAY
THIS IS NOT REAL, JUST FYI, AND
WE CAN DERANK IT FROM THERE.
BUT THAT DOESN’T -- YOU KNOW,